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Album 5 - Tunison
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Creator of Life in the ETO Albums, James B. Tunison and Paulette Starz
James B. Tunison was from New York and enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1943 when he was 21. He had a couple of years of aeronautical engineering college at Cornell and was sent to Burtonwood to assist with building and repairing aircraft.
He met his future wife, Paulette E. Starz at Burtonwood. She was from Indiana and volunteered for the Red Cross.
After the war, Paulette returned home and Jim was sent to Dubendorf, Switzerland to repair and scrap damaged aircraft. Mom and Dad keep a serious long-distance relationship through postal letters. Jim proposed when he returned from the war. Jim was discharged in 1946.
Dad then worked for Republic Aviation on Long Island for several years. Then was transferred to a new project at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Jim enjoyed sports cars, art, and skiing. They had 3 children together, Jim, Jeff, and Andy. James B. Tunison was tragically killed in an auto accident a week before his 40th birthday.
Mom recently passed at 100 years and these volumes of photos were rediscovered. If you copy/ use any of the volumes somewhere else, please just credit James B. Tunison and Paulette Starz
Looking East, In the Foreground is:
Runway 15/33, Dispersal B, and the East Perimeter Track filled with B-17s
In the Background is:
Site 1 and Dispersal 2
The B-17s with the Group tail letters A inside a Square are from the 3rd Air Division 94th Bomb Group at Bury St Edmunds
The B-17 with the Group tail letter B inside a Square is from the 3rd Air Division 95th Bomb Group at Horham.
The B-17 with the Group tail letter H inside a Triangle is from the 1st Air Division 306th Bomb Group at Thurleigh
Lieutenant Combs on oil consumption B. U. S. Flight
photo shot by Baxter in the other B-17
From the Left is Irvin and Zachry
Joe Palm is next to a Cessna Crane UC-78
In the Left background is:
Building 2 the control tower & Building 3 the Ferry Control Center
Limey Percival Proctor
in the left background is the Alert and Service Center
Buchanan Arms Hotel Drymen
Loch Lomond Balloch Scotland
Hellen Jumps a Ditch
BEA Warner from Idaho BA
Lounge at Buchanan Arms
Side of the Lounge at the Buchanan Arms
An old Scotch bagpiper
Bud Martin in front of a De Haviland Mosquito
Bud Martin in the cockpit of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Bud Martin at the Communal Living Site 6
Bud Martin is on the wing of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
From the Left back row is:
Vonhanson, Wenke, Olden, Youngs, and Brokan
At the front from the Left is:
Mulville, and Popovich, at Dispersals 1
Johnny Ryan in the cockpit of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt at Dispersals 1
Martin B-26 Marauder Named Evasive Action
Ol Dipped in, Flying Position in a P-47 Thunderbolt
Field B-54 Parris France Perimeter, Crash Trucks
B-54 Group Photo
From the left back row is:
Lewis, Darilek, Hodges, Cox, Jones, Wille, St. Jacque, Martin, Hover, & Williams
From the left front row is:
Riley, Sidel, Cuard, Simon, Green, Beauregard, Meredith, and Heath
(2 Names seem to be missing from the back row?)
Avro Lancaster Landing on Runway 33
4 Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines powered the British Avro Lancaster
The Princess May at Ardlui, Argyll Scotland
Smile Please at Scotland
Tunison in Loch Lomond Scotland on the 15 July 1945
Bud Martin in the cockpit of a P-38
Bud Martin in a P-38 next to the Windsock Indicator
Dick Williams at Living Site 6
Bobby Moddrell in the cockpit of a P-38 next to the Windsock Indicator
Bobby Moddrell in the cockpit of a P-38
Bobby Moddrell is in flying clothing
Bobby Moddrell is in flying clothing
Bobby Moddrell next to a P-38
Bobby Moddrell in front of a P-38
Refuge in a bomb storage hut
From the Left are:
Maggie, Jenny, Jones, and Pelto at the Hanan Arms Bowling Green
Neujahr, Tunison, & Brits Changing the plugs of the number 4 Engine of a B-17G
B-17 Cruising at 21-31/ 170 Indicated
British Airspeed Oxford
B-17 on take-off P-47s on the ground
Limeys give the Victory Sign
Neujanr and Irvin
Warrington Bank Quay Low-Level
The American Red Cross Service Club at Glasgow
American Red Cross Babe from Liverpool named Martha in Scotland
Ruth Hyde in Scotland
From the left is Miller, Courtney, Daly, Virga, and Harris at site 6
To the right is Building 11 section 7 Barrack hut
In the far background is the Tecnical Site
From the left is dipped-in Kinyon, Mulville, Shope, & Zean Williams
Gooney Bird Peals off C-47
A house at the side of A-Site
Mud-Hole Highway
Photo taken from the airfield looking
towards Joy Lane, Highfield, and Ivy Cottage
Quicksand A la Limey
in the background is Building 225
the Supply Warehouse at Mary Ann Site
The water tower is on Site- 2
Jimmy Lindsey
Harris in the Cockpit of a B-26
Taken in Edinburgh Scotland by
Joe Lefeaux Sergeant 38487423 / 344
Bomb Group 495th Y5 Squadron
Joe Stole a Kilt out of this Joint
Double Nissen Type dining hall
building incorporating the Soda
Fountain located at site 6 opposite
the Technical Site Tinker Hall
The building in the background to
the right of the photo is building number 50
the Guardroom wardens office at the Technical Site
inside the Soda Fountain Building
inside the Soda Fountain Building
Repairing Runway 09/27
Repairing Runway 09/27
Barnet Pre-flights an A-20
Pulling Props from the left is Barnet & Harris is on the right
A-20, Mesh Left
Slacking off on Relief Valve
Douglas A-20
From the Left is Barnet & Wood is on the right
From the Left is Harris & Barnet is on the Right
Harris is standing next to a B-26 called The Pregnant Pelican
Woods is on the Left & Worthington is on the Right at Site 6 Communal Living Site
Daly is on the Left & Williams is on the Right at Site 6
A-26 on take-off
B-17s on Dispersal I at the side of E-Site
Note: One of the L-Type hangar number 42 is in the background
B-17 Running out Preflight Checks
in the background is the K-Type hangar at Technical site
Dispersed B-17s
in the Background is L-type Hangar Number 42 at E-Site
Big Stoop, Merle Woods in the Cockpit of a B17
Tex Harris and LT Purseglove completed aTour in B-17 Stud Duck with no Casualties
Merle C. Woods is standing next to B-17 Stud Duck
In the background is Building 225 Supply Warehouse and Workshops at Mary Ann Site
This Building is listed as number 2 on the Record Site plan
Merle C. Woods in front of B-17 Stud Duck Piloted for Haynes in the 310th Ferry Squadron
B-17 with the inboard Engine Feathered
Inside the B-17 from the left are Barnet, Harris Bombardier, and Worthington CMPT. MT
Worthington on one of the B-17.50 cal Browing MG
Smilin Jim Harris 1
Smilin Jim Harris 2
The following 10 photos are
of the Sad Shack dispersal area
B-26, and P-47s on the dispersals
On the dispersal is a B-26 in the right foreground
Further back on the left is a B-17
P-47s in the background
On the dispersals is a B-26 on the Left
in the center are 2 rows of Parked P-47s
on the Right is a B-24
In the background are the 2 K Type
Hangars at A-Site numbered 7 and 8
In the foreground is the engine of a B-17
& a lineup of parked P-47s is
in the background
Hangars 7 and 8 at A-Site can be
seen in the far background
In the foreground is the
engine of a B-17
in the background is
a lineup of parked P-47s
On the Apron is a B17, C-47, and P-47s
A selection of B-17s and a B-24
can be seen in this photo
The C-Type hangar number
5 at the Mary Ann site can be
seen from the Sad snack
Harris in the cockpit of a P-47
Big stoop Woods in the
cockpit of a P-47
A-26 with 16 forward firing fifties
Kokko working on P-47
The Selma Kids standing in front
of B-17 Alabama Exterminator 2
Mouldy Morgan standing in front
of L2 Taylorcraft Liaison aircraft
Douglas A-20 Hovoc
Standing in front of the
Douglas A-20 Hovoc are:
L/R Old Nick, Mouldy
& Mountain Boy
Standing L/R back row are:
Miller, Courtney, and Williams
Standing L/R front row are:
Virga, and Daly
To the right is Building 11
The Section 7 Barrack Hut
in the background is Building 7
The Ration Store
C-47 Gooney Bird
The Boston Queen
Morgan & Nichols
next to a Beech UC-43
Nick and Mountain Boy
standing next to a P-38
Called Laden Maiden
Fort Worth First Citizen 1
First Citizen 2
Okie Kimball is at site 6
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